British Airways announces 787 service to Austin, Texas

Updated: January 7, 2022

Published: September 3, 2013

British Airways announced today that they’ll be launching service between London Heathrow and Austin, starting March 3, 2014. The new service will be flown by a 787 and initially operate five times a week (every day except Wednesdays and Saturdays), and by the end of 2014 be daily.

The new service will operate the following schedule:

BA191 London to Austin departing 12:35PM arriving 5:00PM
BA190 Austin to London departing 7:00PM arriving 10:00AM (+1 day)

Kudos to British Airways for the innovation here. Routes like these — that no one saw coming — are what make the 787 awesome. While you have airlines like Qatar Airways flying the 787 between London and Doha, I don’t find that to be especially exciting since it’s a route they operated with great frequency before the 787. I love the new routes the plane has opened up, though, like Boston to Tokyo, Helsinki to Tokyo, Denver to Tokyo, etc.

British Airways 787
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Alex Guest

September 4, 2013, 2:45 pm

Given the variance in what fuel surcharge should be by aircraft type, the whole concept seems ripe for a class action lawsuit...

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lucky OMAAT

September 4, 2013, 12:17 am

@ Ivan Y -- Yep, in theory any added capacity should improve award space from that part of the country. At least in theory.

@ Alex -- As Stephan notes the whole thing is a scam. I think there shouldn't be any at all and that the cost of fuel should be factored into the cost of a ticket. But you raise a great point given how fuel efficient the 787 is. Maybe it should have a battery surcharge instead. ;)

Stephan Guest

September 3, 2013, 11:27 pm

@Alex - BA fuel surcharges have nothing to do with fuel costs. Its a scam charge, user tax, administrative fee, whatever you want it to be and has no basis in any actual passenger costs to BA. It's a pure money grab, plain and simple.

Ivan Y Diamond

September 3, 2013, 5:56 pm

I'm based in Houston and this is probably a good news for people flying out of IAH and DFW More flights out of Texas should mean better award availability for all, right? A bit disappointed no first class on this flight but business seats must be in higher demand (at least, based on lack of J award space on IAH-LHR).

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